Conductor Susanna Mälkki: “Women have been conducting for decades. … They just haven’t been welcome. It’s as simple as that.”
Tag: 01.19.18
Surely The Channel Bridge Isn’t Serious, But Just In Case It Is, Here Are Some Ideas
We can’t top this writing: “The clown king of novelty infrastructure fantasies has once again stolen the limelight with his preposterous plan for a 22-mile bridge across the Channel. As spending priorities go, Boris Johnson’s idea is madness. Most places outside the south-east UK languish with medieval infrastructure – and there’s also the fact that it’s the busiest shipping lane in the world.”
What Happened In Architecture’s Big Awards Controversy This Year?
Nothing was good enough, apparently, to win the American Institute of Architects’ 25 Year Award. Blame post-modernism? “The 1980s and early ’90s were a transitional period in architecture and in some ways a fallow one. Post-modernism was enjoying an unsteady reign in those years. Having finally toppled corporate modernism — and thus having been robbed of a villain to help inspire new work — the movement was having trouble figuring out what kinds of landmarks to produce on its own terms.”
Dorothy Malone, Academy Award Winner And Star Of ‘Peyton Place,’ Dies At 93
Malone, who won her Oscar for playing the unapologetically sexy woman in Written on the Wind, was a fighter for her own rights, perhaps to the detriment of her career. After she made a splash on TV’s Peyton Place, “She was written out of the show’s final season after she complained that her character’s story lines were lackluster. Ms. Malone sued the producers, and the matter was settled out of court.”
Who Protects The Work Of Directors And Designers?
Their unions, of course, but they often have to track down offenders themselves. “Production photos, fight choreography clips, even bootleg production videos are often just a Google search away. While it’s never been easier to copy someone else’s work, it’s also never been easier for directors and designers to find potential offenders.”
A Nearly Destroyed Banksy Gets Rescued From The Beach
The Banksy piece, which was made to protest pollution, was painted on a container. “The site’s owners, EDF Energy, had reportedly warned locals of their intention to clean up the beach, which would have involved destroying the container – and therefore the Banksy.”
Violin Shred Videos Make The Internet Wonder If Classical Musicians Can Take A Joke
First there were the parody videos of violinist Daniel Hope. Then there was his annoyance, and then there were the takedown letters from his lawyers. And now one of the parody video creators, “a Berlin-based concert programmer, dramaturge and journalist named Arno Lücker, was then told that a series he has long presented at the prestigious Berlin Konzerthaus, where Mr. Hope frequently plays and programs a series of his own, would not be renewed.”
Edinburgh Fringe Fest Relies On Unpaid Workers, Study Says
The study reveals that not only are nearly a third of the festival workers volunteers, but those who are paid are paid very little, and many work excessive hours.
When A Book Editor Becomes A Bestselling Author
The acquiring editor didn’t know her colleague down the hall was writing a book, and he used a pen name for it. “Had Mr. Mallory not prudently scheduled a weeklong trip to Palm Springs, which began the day his agent sent the manuscript to publishers, Ms. Brehl imagines she may have walked the book into his office to ask for his thoughts on it.”
American Ballet Theatre Dancers Vote To Authorize Strike
The negotiations have been tense, and the vote came as the ABT dancers and stage managers have been without a contract since July of last year. “Noting the long hours and hard work put in by the members of the company, [a union representative] said in a statement that they ‘all deserve to be able to retire from dance with dignity and respect and payments better reflecting what they have given to the company throughout the years.'”